HAYSTACK COMMENTARY
june 2025 |
CULTURAL APOLOGETCS DATABASE
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“The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.” -John 7:18
June 19, 2025:
“Your Kingdom come”, a cry that echoed across Spain
On 14 June, thousands of evangelical Christians across Spain, from Galicia in the north to Andalusia in the south, from Catalonia to the Canary Island, joined together in a single cry: “Your Kingdom come, Lord, over Spain”. The prayer meetings,organised by the Spain,We Pray for You (España Oramos por ti) platform, once again filled squares, streets and churches in the 36 events that took place. The common theme of this year was the passage from Matthew 6:10: 'Your Kingdom come'. With this theme in mind, the Church prayed for the Kingdom to be established in the families, institutions, youth, children and society.
(Evangelical Focus 6/19/25) READ MORE>>>>>
On 14 June, thousands of evangelical Christians across Spain, from Galicia in the north to Andalusia in the south, from Catalonia to the Canary Island, joined together in a single cry: “Your Kingdom come, Lord, over Spain”. The prayer meetings,organised by the Spain,We Pray for You (España Oramos por ti) platform, once again filled squares, streets and churches in the 36 events that took place. The common theme of this year was the passage from Matthew 6:10: 'Your Kingdom come'. With this theme in mind, the Church prayed for the Kingdom to be established in the families, institutions, youth, children and society.
(Evangelical Focus 6/19/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Tucker Carlson 'begged' evangelical leader to apologize for calling him an antisemite - exclusive
American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson “begged” evangelical Christian Zionist leader Laurie Cardoza-Moore to apologize for calling him an antisemite, she told The Jerusalem Post. Carlson’s request centered on a February statement penned by Cardoza-Moore, in which she commented on a picture of Carlson with US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the White House by saying, “Tucker Carlson’s antisemitism does not reflect the values of the Trump administration.” She then asked Trump to ban Carlson from the White House over his “blatant antisemitism.” On Wednesday, Cardoza-Moore revealed that, following the publication of a Post story about it, she received a surprise call from the man himself.
(Jerusalem Post 6/18/25) READ MORE>>>>>
American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson “begged” evangelical Christian Zionist leader Laurie Cardoza-Moore to apologize for calling him an antisemite, she told The Jerusalem Post. Carlson’s request centered on a February statement penned by Cardoza-Moore, in which she commented on a picture of Carlson with US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the White House by saying, “Tucker Carlson’s antisemitism does not reflect the values of the Trump administration.” She then asked Trump to ban Carlson from the White House over his “blatant antisemitism.” On Wednesday, Cardoza-Moore revealed that, following the publication of a Post story about it, she received a surprise call from the man himself.
(Jerusalem Post 6/18/25) READ MORE>>>>>
June 18, 2025:
Will the U.S. get involved in Iran? Mike Huckabee’s evangelical worldview may be the key“
There has been much flirting with the apocalypse lately,” the French historian François Hartog wrote recently. In the latest evolution of that trend, Israel’s recent attack on Iran has some Christian Zionists chomping at the bit with apocalyptic anticipation. That was made obvious in a message that Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel and perhaps the world’s most powerful Christian Zionist, sent President Donald Trump earlier this week, which Trump then posted in full on social media. After “God spared you in Butler, PA,” Huckabee wrote, Trump now found himself in the shoes of President Harry “Truman in 1945”, when the U.S. dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “I believe you will hear from heaven and that voice is far more important than mine or ANYONE else’s,” Huckabee added. (Forward 6/19/25) READ MORE>>>>>
There has been much flirting with the apocalypse lately,” the French historian François Hartog wrote recently. In the latest evolution of that trend, Israel’s recent attack on Iran has some Christian Zionists chomping at the bit with apocalyptic anticipation. That was made obvious in a message that Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel and perhaps the world’s most powerful Christian Zionist, sent President Donald Trump earlier this week, which Trump then posted in full on social media. After “God spared you in Butler, PA,” Huckabee wrote, Trump now found himself in the shoes of President Harry “Truman in 1945”, when the U.S. dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “I believe you will hear from heaven and that voice is far more important than mine or ANYONE else’s,” Huckabee added. (Forward 6/19/25) READ MORE>>>>>
June 17, 2025: The way I see it:
Nationalism has historically been the great curse of humanity. In no other shape has the Demon of Ignorance assumed more hideous proportions, and to no other obsession have the ignorant yielded themselves to more readily.
It rages today in angry disregard of pre-established precepts of Christianity and religion and the pre-established rules of democracy. They strive to build their earthly "kingdom of heaven" while ignoring the numerous historic failures of Nationalism but, instead, believing they can do it better this time.
EVERY tower of Babel built in history has failed.
It rages today in angry disregard of pre-established precepts of Christianity and religion and the pre-established rules of democracy. They strive to build their earthly "kingdom of heaven" while ignoring the numerous historic failures of Nationalism but, instead, believing they can do it better this time.
EVERY tower of Babel built in history has failed.
June 16, 2025:
The Dueling Christian Nationalisms of the Civil War
Histories of religion and the American Civil War have, understandably, emphasized differences between Northerners and Southerners. White Northerners had a wide range of opinions about slavery’s morality, but they tended to share a quasi-sacred view of the American nation. Therefore, they deplored the Confederate attempt to divide that nation. White Southerners, meanwhile, generally agreed that the Bible permitted slavery. Some Southern leaders portrayed the South as a model Christian society with an orderly economy, led by slave-owning patrons and founded on a “mud-sill” class of enslaved laborers. The “theological crisis” of the Civil War, as historian Mark Noll has observed, resulted from the North and South’s inability to arrive at a biblical consensus about the permissibility of chattel slavery (a system in which masters treat slaves as transferable property). And thus, as Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address intones, “The war came.”
(Gospel Coalition 6/16/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Histories of religion and the American Civil War have, understandably, emphasized differences between Northerners and Southerners. White Northerners had a wide range of opinions about slavery’s morality, but they tended to share a quasi-sacred view of the American nation. Therefore, they deplored the Confederate attempt to divide that nation. White Southerners, meanwhile, generally agreed that the Bible permitted slavery. Some Southern leaders portrayed the South as a model Christian society with an orderly economy, led by slave-owning patrons and founded on a “mud-sill” class of enslaved laborers. The “theological crisis” of the Civil War, as historian Mark Noll has observed, resulted from the North and South’s inability to arrive at a biblical consensus about the permissibility of chattel slavery (a system in which masters treat slaves as transferable property). And thus, as Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address intones, “The war came.”
(Gospel Coalition 6/16/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Christian ethics has deeply influenced American culture and law. But the federal Constitution did not make America a ‘Christian nation’ in any formal sense. -Richard Carwardine
June 15, 2025:
Fulani Islamic terrorists kill 100 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria; Escalates ongoing genocide......
Fulani Islamic terrorists have unleashed yet another massacre in Nigeria’s Benue State, burning alive entire families and killing 100 Christians in Yelewata village. The carnage marks a chilling escalation in the Middle Belt’s ongoing genocide against Christians, part of a broader Africa-wide jihad spreading from West Asia, now targeting the heart of the continent...... (O.rganizer 6/15/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Fulani Islamic terrorists have unleashed yet another massacre in Nigeria’s Benue State, burning alive entire families and killing 100 Christians in Yelewata village. The carnage marks a chilling escalation in the Middle Belt’s ongoing genocide against Christians, part of a broader Africa-wide jihad spreading from West Asia, now targeting the heart of the continent...... (O.rganizer 6/15/25) READ MORE>>>>>
"Trump shows no evidence of personal piety or of an attempt to follow Jesus Christ — recall when he said he never had to ask God for forgiveness — and has made it a priority to aid the wealthy and attack the most vulnerable in our society. He exhibits the polar opposite of Christian social ethics…. Christians believe Christ’s kingdom will reign forever. As American Christians in the year 2025, we must also believe and work to ensure that Trump’s power, granted to him by voters, ends at the end of his second term in accordance with the Constitution."
--Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons 6/14/25
--Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons 6/14/25
June 14, 2025:
Trump’s Religious Right Propagandists Smear ‘No Kings’ Rallies'
Christian-right media outlets, which function as an unofficial public relations operation for President Donald Trump, set out this week to smear in advance the ‘No Kings’ protests being held across the country on Sat. June 14 to protest Trump’s authoritarianism and defiance of the law and Constitution. “As America prepares to honor the birthday of President Donald J. Trump on June 14,” began a screed that ran on the right-wing “America Faith” platform and was republished by the Pentecostal-oriented Charisma News—not even bothering to sustain the official fiction that Trump’s military parade is more about honoring the armed forces than a presidential exercise in self-glorification. The diatribe was written by right-wing southern California pastor Phil Hotsenpiller, who founded American Faith after Trump was defeated in the 2020 election.
(People For the American Way 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Christian-right media outlets, which function as an unofficial public relations operation for President Donald Trump, set out this week to smear in advance the ‘No Kings’ protests being held across the country on Sat. June 14 to protest Trump’s authoritarianism and defiance of the law and Constitution. “As America prepares to honor the birthday of President Donald J. Trump on June 14,” began a screed that ran on the right-wing “America Faith” platform and was republished by the Pentecostal-oriented Charisma News—not even bothering to sustain the official fiction that Trump’s military parade is more about honoring the armed forces than a presidential exercise in self-glorification. The diatribe was written by right-wing southern California pastor Phil Hotsenpiller, who founded American Faith after Trump was defeated in the 2020 election.
(People For the American Way 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Sean Feucht calls allegations of financial, moral misconduct spiritual warfare
After more than a week of silence on allegations of financial, spiritual and moral misconduct by former workers of his multiple ministries, activist missionary and worship leader Sean Feucht dismissed them as a spiritual attack and urged his followers to reject them. In a video response on YouTube Tuesday, Feucht said his natural response is to react when attacked, but he was advised against that approach by his attorneys and spiritual mothers and fathers. "A big part of not responding to every single attack, hit piece, is it takes a great deal of discernment and patience for me because it's not my nature," he said.
(Christian Post 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
After more than a week of silence on allegations of financial, spiritual and moral misconduct by former workers of his multiple ministries, activist missionary and worship leader Sean Feucht dismissed them as a spiritual attack and urged his followers to reject them. In a video response on YouTube Tuesday, Feucht said his natural response is to react when attacked, but he was advised against that approach by his attorneys and spiritual mothers and fathers. "A big part of not responding to every single attack, hit piece, is it takes a great deal of discernment and patience for me because it's not my nature," he said.
(Christian Post 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Christian nationalists tend to imagine God as benevolent, angry over sins, and engaged
Recent research found that U.S. Christians who believe that God is benevolent, angry, and engaged tend to express stronger religious nationalism. In turn, stronger religious nationalism was associated with greater conspiracy mentality and higher levels of xenophobia. The paper was published in Political Psychology.
Religious views often play a significant role in shaping national identity. They influence cultural traditions, values, and historical narratives. In many countries, dominant religions are deeply intertwined with national symbols, holidays, and public life. In some nations, such as Iran or Israel, religion is a foundational component of the state itself. In others, like the United States or India, religious diversity coexists with strong national identities, though tensions may arise when one faith is perceived as more representative than others.
(PsyPost 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Recent research found that U.S. Christians who believe that God is benevolent, angry, and engaged tend to express stronger religious nationalism. In turn, stronger religious nationalism was associated with greater conspiracy mentality and higher levels of xenophobia. The paper was published in Political Psychology.
Religious views often play a significant role in shaping national identity. They influence cultural traditions, values, and historical narratives. In many countries, dominant religions are deeply intertwined with national symbols, holidays, and public life. In some nations, such as Iran or Israel, religion is a foundational component of the state itself. In others, like the United States or India, religious diversity coexists with strong national identities, though tensions may arise when one faith is perceived as more representative than others.
(PsyPost 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
One church burned every WEEK in 'alarming' campaign of anti-Christian attacks - 'You're dead if you're found out'
One church is being burned every week in the Muslim world in an "alarming" campaign of Christian persecution, a British charity has warned. More than 85,000 Christians were targeted in the last year alone, according to Help the Persecuted (HTP), while places of worship are torched "on a weekly basis". The charity operates in 15 Islamic countries hostile to Christians, deploying indigenous field teams who understand local political and religious climates to help them find safety. (GBN 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
One church is being burned every week in the Muslim world in an "alarming" campaign of Christian persecution, a British charity has warned. More than 85,000 Christians were targeted in the last year alone, according to Help the Persecuted (HTP), while places of worship are torched "on a weekly basis". The charity operates in 15 Islamic countries hostile to Christians, deploying indigenous field teams who understand local political and religious climates to help them find safety. (GBN 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
America's Christians should support the ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump
“I don’t feel like a king,” President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers at the White House on Thursday in advance of the “No Kings” rallies happening around the country on Saturday. Lest you think the president was acknowledging the restraints on his power, it actually sounded more like he was bemoaning those constitutional guardrails and giving voice to kingly ambitions. (MSNBC 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
“I don’t feel like a king,” President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers at the White House on Thursday in advance of the “No Kings” rallies happening around the country on Saturday. Lest you think the president was acknowledging the restraints on his power, it actually sounded more like he was bemoaning those constitutional guardrails and giving voice to kingly ambitions. (MSNBC 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Slain church leaders among abuses by Russian occupation forces in Ukraine
Horrific human rights abuses of evangelical Christians by Russian authorities illegally occupying territories in Ukraine have been documented in a report released earlier this year. At least 47 Ukrainian Christian leaders of different denominations were “killed as a result of Russia’s full-scale aggression” from 2022 to 2024, according to Mission Eurasia’s February report entitled, “Faith Under Russian Terror: Analysis of the Religious Situation in Ukraine.” (Christian Daily 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Horrific human rights abuses of evangelical Christians by Russian authorities illegally occupying territories in Ukraine have been documented in a report released earlier this year. At least 47 Ukrainian Christian leaders of different denominations were “killed as a result of Russia’s full-scale aggression” from 2022 to 2024, according to Mission Eurasia’s February report entitled, “Faith Under Russian Terror: Analysis of the Religious Situation in Ukraine.” (Christian Daily 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Opinion | The Christian argument for joining a "No Kings" protest against Donald Trump
“I don’t feel like a king,” President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers at the White House on Thursday in advance of the “No Kings” rallies happening around the country on Saturday. Lest you think the president was acknowledging the restraints on his power, it actually sounded more like he was bemoaning those constitutional guardrails and giving voice to kingly ambitions. He has made his kingly ambitions known on social media this year. “LONG LIVE THE KING!” he posted on Truth Social in February. The White House account on X upped the ante by posting an AI-generated image of a coronated Trump on the cover of Time magazine with the headline “LONG LIVE THE KING!” In March, he reposted an AI-generated image of a lion wearing a crown labeled MAGA with the caption “Kings!” (Yahoo 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
“I don’t feel like a king,” President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers at the White House on Thursday in advance of the “No Kings” rallies happening around the country on Saturday. Lest you think the president was acknowledging the restraints on his power, it actually sounded more like he was bemoaning those constitutional guardrails and giving voice to kingly ambitions. He has made his kingly ambitions known on social media this year. “LONG LIVE THE KING!” he posted on Truth Social in February. The White House account on X upped the ante by posting an AI-generated image of a coronated Trump on the cover of Time magazine with the headline “LONG LIVE THE KING!” In March, he reposted an AI-generated image of a lion wearing a crown labeled MAGA with the caption “Kings!” (Yahoo 6/14/25) READ MORE>>>>>
June 13, 2025:
Michael Tait, Christian Music Singer, Admits to "Unwanted" Touching of Men
After Michael Tait was accused by multiple people of sexual assault and drug abuse, the Christian rock singer shared a post apologizing for his behavior and admitting to "unwanted" touching of men. "Recent reports of my reckless and destructive behavior, including drug and alcohol abuse and sexual activity are sadly, largely true," Tait wrote in a statement shared to his Instagram June 10. "For some two decades I used and abused cocaine, consumed far too much alcohol, and, at times, touched men in an unwanted sensual way."
(EOnline 6/13/25) READ MORE>>>>>
After Michael Tait was accused by multiple people of sexual assault and drug abuse, the Christian rock singer shared a post apologizing for his behavior and admitting to "unwanted" touching of men. "Recent reports of my reckless and destructive behavior, including drug and alcohol abuse and sexual activity are sadly, largely true," Tait wrote in a statement shared to his Instagram June 10. "For some two decades I used and abused cocaine, consumed far too much alcohol, and, at times, touched men in an unwanted sensual way."
(EOnline 6/13/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Faith in Trump’s White House: An open door to evangelical Christians
The Roosevelt Room echoes with a cappella hymns, voices rising like a revival tent under a starry sky. In the Cabinet Room, pastors proclaim prayers “in Jesus’s name,” invoking divine favor over a nation they believe has strayed. And in the Oval Office, hands stretch toward President Donald Trump, as evangelical leaders anoint him with Bible passages about kings established by God. This isn’t a megachurch in Tulsa or a tent meeting in rural Georgia. This is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and in Trump’s second term, it’s becoming a cathedral of conservative Christianity. (Washington Times 6/13/25) READ MORE>>>>>
The Roosevelt Room echoes with a cappella hymns, voices rising like a revival tent under a starry sky. In the Cabinet Room, pastors proclaim prayers “in Jesus’s name,” invoking divine favor over a nation they believe has strayed. And in the Oval Office, hands stretch toward President Donald Trump, as evangelical leaders anoint him with Bible passages about kings established by God. This isn’t a megachurch in Tulsa or a tent meeting in rural Georgia. This is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and in Trump’s second term, it’s becoming a cathedral of conservative Christianity. (Washington Times 6/13/25) READ MORE>>>>>
June 12, 2025:
What the Bible Literally Says About How to Treat Immigrants
Leviticus 19:33-34)
Leave Food for the Poor and the ForeignerWhen you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. (Leviticus 19:9-10)
God Loves the Foreigner Residing Among YouHe defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:18-19)
The Sin of Sodom: They Did Not Help the Poor and NeedyNow this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. (Ezekiel 16:49)
Do Not Oppress a ForeignerDo not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt. (Exodus 23:9)
Do Not Deprive Foreigners Among You of Justice“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty. (Malachi 3:5)
Do Whatever the Foreigner Asks of You“As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— for they will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name. (1 Kings 8:41-44)
Leave Your Door Open to the Traveler. No stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler (Job, discussing his devotion to God) (Job 31:32)
Invite the Stranger In. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ (Matthew 25:25-36)
We Were All Baptized By One SpiritJust as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. (1 Corinthians 12:12-14)
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Galatians 5:14) Have Mercy on Your Neighbor He asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:29-37)
(Relevant 6/12/25) READ MORE>>>>>The Roosevelt Room echoes with a cappella hymns, voices rising like a revival tent under a starry sky. In the Cabinet Room, pastors proclaim prayers “in Jesus’s name,” invoking divine favor over a nation they believe has strayed. And in the Oval Office, hands stretch toward President Donald Trump, as evangelical leaders anoint him with Bible passages about kings established by God. This isn’t a megachurch in Tulsa or a tent meeting in rural Georgia. This is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and in Trump’s second term, it’s becoming a cathedral of conservative Christianity.
Leviticus 19:33-34)
Leave Food for the Poor and the ForeignerWhen you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. (Leviticus 19:9-10)
God Loves the Foreigner Residing Among YouHe defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:18-19)
The Sin of Sodom: They Did Not Help the Poor and NeedyNow this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. (Ezekiel 16:49)
Do Not Oppress a ForeignerDo not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt. (Exodus 23:9)
Do Not Deprive Foreigners Among You of Justice“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty. (Malachi 3:5)
Do Whatever the Foreigner Asks of You“As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— for they will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name. (1 Kings 8:41-44)
Leave Your Door Open to the Traveler. No stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler (Job, discussing his devotion to God) (Job 31:32)
Invite the Stranger In. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ (Matthew 25:25-36)
We Were All Baptized By One SpiritJust as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. (1 Corinthians 12:12-14)
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Galatians 5:14) Have Mercy on Your Neighbor He asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:29-37)
(Relevant 6/12/25) READ MORE>>>>>The Roosevelt Room echoes with a cappella hymns, voices rising like a revival tent under a starry sky. In the Cabinet Room, pastors proclaim prayers “in Jesus’s name,” invoking divine favor over a nation they believe has strayed. And in the Oval Office, hands stretch toward President Donald Trump, as evangelical leaders anoint him with Bible passages about kings established by God. This isn’t a megachurch in Tulsa or a tent meeting in rural Georgia. This is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and in Trump’s second term, it’s becoming a cathedral of conservative Christianity.
June 12, 2025:
What the Bible Literally Says About How to Treat Immigrants
Leviticus 19:33-34)
Leave Food for the Poor and the ForeignerWhen you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. (Leviticus 19:9-10)
God Loves the Foreigner Residing Among YouHe defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:18-19)
The Sin of Sodom: They Did Not Help the Poor and NeedyNow this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. (Ezekiel 16:49)
Do Not Oppress a ForeignerDo not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt. (Exodus 23:9)
Do Not Deprive Foreigners Among You of Justice“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty. (Malachi 3:5)
Do Whatever the Foreigner Asks of You“As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— for they will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name. (1 Kings 8:41-44)
Leave Your Door Open to the Traveler. No stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler (Job, discussing his devotion to God) (Job 31:32)
Invite the Stranger In. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ (Matthew 25:25-36)
We Were All Baptized By One SpiritJust as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. (1 Corinthians 12:12-14)
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Galatians 5:14) Have Mercy on Your Neighbor He asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:29-37)
(Relevant 6/12/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Leviticus 19:33-34)
Leave Food for the Poor and the ForeignerWhen you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. (Leviticus 19:9-10)
God Loves the Foreigner Residing Among YouHe defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:18-19)
The Sin of Sodom: They Did Not Help the Poor and NeedyNow this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. (Ezekiel 16:49)
Do Not Oppress a ForeignerDo not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt. (Exodus 23:9)
Do Not Deprive Foreigners Among You of Justice“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty. (Malachi 3:5)
Do Whatever the Foreigner Asks of You“As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— for they will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name. (1 Kings 8:41-44)
Leave Your Door Open to the Traveler. No stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler (Job, discussing his devotion to God) (Job 31:32)
Invite the Stranger In. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ (Matthew 25:25-36)
We Were All Baptized By One SpiritJust as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. (1 Corinthians 12:12-14)
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Galatians 5:14) Have Mercy on Your Neighbor He asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:29-37)
(Relevant 6/12/25) READ MORE>>>>>
June 11, 2025:
‘He doesn’t call us to perform—he calls us to follow’: Sri Lankan leader challenges Asian evangelicals at Seoul forum
At the opening ceremony of the Asia Evangelical Leadership Forum (AELF), Sri Lankan evangelical leader Jerome Yashodhan Rasiah delivered a passionate and challenging address, calling on Asian church leaders to embrace the call of discipleship with radical obedience, daily renewal, and gospel-centered innovation.“Jesus is saying: I want priority over your career, over your ministry, over your family,” Rasiah said. “He doesn’t call us to perform. He calls us to follow.” He explained that Jesus’ use of the word “hate” in Luke 14:26—“unless you hate your father and mother…”—was not about active hatred, but comparative devotion. “Jesus is calling us to follow Him so fully, so intensely, so supremely, that every other attachment looks like hate by comparison,” Rasiah said. He urged leaders not to settle into comfortable ministry routines or allow their identity to be shaped solely by religious activity. Instead, he called them to rediscover where God is truly leading them in this season—not just where there is need or gifting. (Christian Daily 6/11/25) READ MORE>>>>>‘
At the opening ceremony of the Asia Evangelical Leadership Forum (AELF), Sri Lankan evangelical leader Jerome Yashodhan Rasiah delivered a passionate and challenging address, calling on Asian church leaders to embrace the call of discipleship with radical obedience, daily renewal, and gospel-centered innovation.“Jesus is saying: I want priority over your career, over your ministry, over your family,” Rasiah said. “He doesn’t call us to perform. He calls us to follow.” He explained that Jesus’ use of the word “hate” in Luke 14:26—“unless you hate your father and mother…”—was not about active hatred, but comparative devotion. “Jesus is calling us to follow Him so fully, so intensely, so supremely, that every other attachment looks like hate by comparison,” Rasiah said. He urged leaders not to settle into comfortable ministry routines or allow their identity to be shaped solely by religious activity. Instead, he called them to rediscover where God is truly leading them in this season—not just where there is need or gifting. (Christian Daily 6/11/25) READ MORE>>>>>‘
Redeemed Zoomer’s Record on Evangelicalism, Church Splits
Redeemed Zoomer, the online persona of Presbyterian apologist Richard Ackerman, claims that his recent comments on church splits have been misinterpreted. In his debate with Baptist apologist Gavin Ortlund, Redeemed Zoomer argued that conservative Christians should stay loyal to mainline congregations, even if that means tolerating heresy in certain rare scenarios. Specifically, if a believer was forced to choose between either attending a liberal mainline congregation or a conservative non-mainline congregation, that believer should attend the liberal mainline one, Redeemed Zoomer posited. The Presbyterian’s claims cannot be isolated from his broader goal of reclaiming the mainline Protestant denominations for theologically conservative Christians. With over 564,000 YouTube subscribers, Redeemed Zoomer is prominent in Operation Reconquista, an interdenominational movement to retake mainline Protestant institutions for Bible-believing Christians.
(Juicy Ecumenism 6/11/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Redeemed Zoomer, the online persona of Presbyterian apologist Richard Ackerman, claims that his recent comments on church splits have been misinterpreted. In his debate with Baptist apologist Gavin Ortlund, Redeemed Zoomer argued that conservative Christians should stay loyal to mainline congregations, even if that means tolerating heresy in certain rare scenarios. Specifically, if a believer was forced to choose between either attending a liberal mainline congregation or a conservative non-mainline congregation, that believer should attend the liberal mainline one, Redeemed Zoomer posited. The Presbyterian’s claims cannot be isolated from his broader goal of reclaiming the mainline Protestant denominations for theologically conservative Christians. With over 564,000 YouTube subscribers, Redeemed Zoomer is prominent in Operation Reconquista, an interdenominational movement to retake mainline Protestant institutions for Bible-believing Christians.
(Juicy Ecumenism 6/11/25) READ MORE>>>>>
June 10, 2025:
‘Christian nationalism corrupts the gospel’: Jeff Fountain tells Swiss evangelicals
Christian nationalism is not biblical and poses a threat to the gospel and the Church’s witness, delegates heard at the annual Assembly of Delegates of the Swiss Evangelical Alliance (Schweizerische Evangelische Allianz/SEA), held in May 2025. Speaking at the event was Jeff Fountain, former European director of Youth With a Mission (YWAM) and current director of the Schuman Centre for European Studies in Amsterdam. In his keynote address, Fountain challenged the rising influence of Christian nationalist ideologies, arguing they distort the teachings of Jesus and compromise the integrity of the Christian faith. The SEA organized a public discussion titled “Holy Nation!? A critical examination of nationalist politics under Christian guise,” where Fountain warned that conflating Christian identity with national identity leads to a politicized version of Christianity that prioritizes power over discipleship. (Christia News Daily 6/10/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Christian nationalism is not biblical and poses a threat to the gospel and the Church’s witness, delegates heard at the annual Assembly of Delegates of the Swiss Evangelical Alliance (Schweizerische Evangelische Allianz/SEA), held in May 2025. Speaking at the event was Jeff Fountain, former European director of Youth With a Mission (YWAM) and current director of the Schuman Centre for European Studies in Amsterdam. In his keynote address, Fountain challenged the rising influence of Christian nationalist ideologies, arguing they distort the teachings of Jesus and compromise the integrity of the Christian faith. The SEA organized a public discussion titled “Holy Nation!? A critical examination of nationalist politics under Christian guise,” where Fountain warned that conflating Christian identity with national identity leads to a politicized version of Christianity that prioritizes power over discipleship. (Christia News Daily 6/10/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Lagos LG Poll: Participate actively in politics, cleric tells Christians
Ahead of the Lagos State Local Government Election scheduled for Saturday, July 12, a non-governmental organisation, Centre for Politics and Governance (CPG), has called for greater participation of the Christians in the political process. This comes as the group alleged marginalisation of Christians in the recently concluded primaries for the local council elections in Lagos State. Speaking during a press briefing in Lagos, the President of CPG, Bishop Stephen Ogedengbe, said the organisation has received numerous complaints from aggrieved aspirants, many of whom alleged religious imbalance and exclusion in the outcome of recent party primaries.
(Daily Trust 6/10/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Ahead of the Lagos State Local Government Election scheduled for Saturday, July 12, a non-governmental organisation, Centre for Politics and Governance (CPG), has called for greater participation of the Christians in the political process. This comes as the group alleged marginalisation of Christians in the recently concluded primaries for the local council elections in Lagos State. Speaking during a press briefing in Lagos, the President of CPG, Bishop Stephen Ogedengbe, said the organisation has received numerous complaints from aggrieved aspirants, many of whom alleged religious imbalance and exclusion in the outcome of recent party primaries.
(Daily Trust 6/10/25) READ MORE>>>>>
June 9, 2025:
Difference but not Disagreement: A Rejoinder to Kevin DeYoung and James Baird on the 1788 Revisions to the Westminster Confession
Rev. Dr. Kevin DeYoung and Rev. James Baird, two teaching elders in the Presbyterian Church in America, have recently carried on a civil but substantive debate on the nature of the 1788 revisions to the Westminster Confession. Deyoung posits that American Presbyterians in the new United States “did not believe what the Westminster divines believed about the civil magistrate. They rejected an older, European model whereby the magistrate ensured that only the right religion (his religion) was practiced in the land.” If American Presbyterians in 1788 in particular wanted “to look to their confessional past for a model of church-state relations, they will have to determine if they are going back to London or back to Philadelphia. They cannot be in both places at the same time.” Baird sees more fundamental continuity between the 1788 Confession and the establishmentarian Reformers. American Presbyterians, Baird says, affirmed magistrate’s duty to “countenance the church, defend the church, and maintain the church, providing all things necessary for the souls of their people. These were beliefs held in common by both the Westminster Divines and the American Presbyterians.”
(Ad Fontes 6/9/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Rev. Dr. Kevin DeYoung and Rev. James Baird, two teaching elders in the Presbyterian Church in America, have recently carried on a civil but substantive debate on the nature of the 1788 revisions to the Westminster Confession. Deyoung posits that American Presbyterians in the new United States “did not believe what the Westminster divines believed about the civil magistrate. They rejected an older, European model whereby the magistrate ensured that only the right religion (his religion) was practiced in the land.” If American Presbyterians in 1788 in particular wanted “to look to their confessional past for a model of church-state relations, they will have to determine if they are going back to London or back to Philadelphia. They cannot be in both places at the same time.” Baird sees more fundamental continuity between the 1788 Confession and the establishmentarian Reformers. American Presbyterians, Baird says, affirmed magistrate’s duty to “countenance the church, defend the church, and maintain the church, providing all things necessary for the souls of their people. These were beliefs held in common by both the Westminster Divines and the American Presbyterians.”
(Ad Fontes 6/9/25) READ MORE>>>>>
June 8, 2025:
Catholics now make up little more than half Brazil’s population
Brazil, the world’s largest Roman Catholic country, saw its Catholic population decline further in 2022 while evangelical Christians and those with no religion continued to rise, census data released on Friday by statistics agency IBGE showed. The census indicated that Brazil had 100.2 million Roman Catholics in 2022, accounting for 56.7 per cent of the population, down from 65.1 per cent or 105.4 million recorded in the 2010 census.
(Sight 6/8/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Brazil, the world’s largest Roman Catholic country, saw its Catholic population decline further in 2022 while evangelical Christians and those with no religion continued to rise, census data released on Friday by statistics agency IBGE showed. The census indicated that Brazil had 100.2 million Roman Catholics in 2022, accounting for 56.7 per cent of the population, down from 65.1 per cent or 105.4 million recorded in the 2010 census.
(Sight 6/8/25) READ MORE>>>>>
June 6, 2025:
Catholics now make up little more than half Brazil’s population
Home to the world’s largest Catholic population, Brazil has once again witnessed a decline in the faith’s following, according to new figures released by the country’s national statistics institute (IBGE).Thirty years ago, Catholics made up 82.9% of Brazil’s population but now account for just over half, 56.7%, according to the 2022 census – whose results on religion were only released on Friday. Meanwhile, the number of evangelicals has continued to grow, rising from 9% of the population to 26.9% over the past three decades.
(The Guardian 6/6/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Home to the world’s largest Catholic population, Brazil has once again witnessed a decline in the faith’s following, according to new figures released by the country’s national statistics institute (IBGE).Thirty years ago, Catholics made up 82.9% of Brazil’s population but now account for just over half, 56.7%, according to the 2022 census – whose results on religion were only released on Friday. Meanwhile, the number of evangelicals has continued to grow, rising from 9% of the population to 26.9% over the past three decades.
(The Guardian 6/6/25) READ MORE>>>>>
June 4, 2025:
Who Are the ‘Court Evangelicals’
When I coined the phrase court evangelicals during the first Trump administration, I compared these Christians to the court clergy of late medieval and Renaissance-era Europe. These courtiers were motivated by one goal: to gain access to and win the favor of the monarch. As I wrote back in 2020, access to the court brought with it “privilege and power and an opportunity to influence the king on important matters.” Today’s court evangelicals want a “seat at the table.” They flatter President Donald Trump and praise him for appointing pro-life Supreme Court justices; removing the teaching of critical race theory and other diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives from schools; and protecting their religious liberty from the secular forces trying to undermine the Christian nation they are trying to reclaim. (Christianity Today 6/4/25) READ MORE>>>>>
When I coined the phrase court evangelicals during the first Trump administration, I compared these Christians to the court clergy of late medieval and Renaissance-era Europe. These courtiers were motivated by one goal: to gain access to and win the favor of the monarch. As I wrote back in 2020, access to the court brought with it “privilege and power and an opportunity to influence the king on important matters.” Today’s court evangelicals want a “seat at the table.” They flatter President Donald Trump and praise him for appointing pro-life Supreme Court justices; removing the teaching of critical race theory and other diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives from schools; and protecting their religious liberty from the secular forces trying to undermine the Christian nation they are trying to reclaim. (Christianity Today 6/4/25) READ MORE>>>>>
June 2, 2025:
PCA Leader Bryan Chapell Offers To Resign After ‘Scandalizers’ Flap
A tiny slip of paper with handwritten notes might have cost the stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America his job. During a recording of a Gospel Coalition podcast, Bryan Chapell, the stated clerk of the PCA, held up a small piece of paper that named people he said had been troublemakers in the church and said that many of their lives had been ruined. “Those are the names of the scandalizers, the people who have invested hours every day attacking others for their supposed lack of faithfulness, for their compromise; whose identity comes from scandalizing others,” he said in the podcast, which was being video-recorded. “And every name on that list has either left his family, left the faith, or taken his life. Every name on that list.” Chapell appeared unaware that the names on the list were visible. Viewers were able to pause the recording, which was posted on May 20, and make out the names. The list went viral in PCA circles online and led to an ethics complaint against Chapell.
(Word & Way 6/2/25) READ MORE>>>>>
A tiny slip of paper with handwritten notes might have cost the stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America his job. During a recording of a Gospel Coalition podcast, Bryan Chapell, the stated clerk of the PCA, held up a small piece of paper that named people he said had been troublemakers in the church and said that many of their lives had been ruined. “Those are the names of the scandalizers, the people who have invested hours every day attacking others for their supposed lack of faithfulness, for their compromise; whose identity comes from scandalizing others,” he said in the podcast, which was being video-recorded. “And every name on that list has either left his family, left the faith, or taken his life. Every name on that list.” Chapell appeared unaware that the names on the list were visible. Viewers were able to pause the recording, which was posted on May 20, and make out the names. The list went viral in PCA circles online and led to an ethics complaint against Chapell.
(Word & Way 6/2/25) READ MORE>>>>>
If the US Congress had written the Ten Commandments, they would be known as the Ten Volumes.
June 1, 2025:
Column: U.S. Founders intentionally did not establish Christian nation
On the far left, the 1619 Project controversially claims a racial root to America’s origins. On the far right, several try to force-feed a false Christian foundation to the U.S. From the left and right, hundreds of nonprofits fight for the victims of persecution from the opposing side—no year passes without several going to the SCOTUS.
(Black Star News 6/1/25) READ MORE>>>>>
On the far left, the 1619 Project controversially claims a racial root to America’s origins. On the far right, several try to force-feed a false Christian foundation to the U.S. From the left and right, hundreds of nonprofits fight for the victims of persecution from the opposing side—no year passes without several going to the SCOTUS.
(Black Star News 6/1/25) READ MORE>>>>>
America’s Evangelical “Christian” Cult’s Silence On Trump Is Sinful
As America tiptoes toward authoritarianism cloaked in Christian symbolism, an uncomfortable truth has surfaced: a significant portion of white evangelical Christians has abandoned both traditional theology and constitutional values in exchange for a political messiah—Donald J. Trump. Yes, there are evangelicals of all colors and tax brackets, yet over 80% of them are Caucasian, Anglo-Saxon, or European Americans. Their unyielding allegiance, often immune to truth or ethics, has birthed not just a religious crisis but a constitutional reckoning. In early 2025, during a nationally televised town hall, Trump refused to commit to upholding the U.S. Constitution. When asked whether he would abide by its principles if re-elected, he said bluntly: “I don’t know.” For any other elected official, such a response might trigger bipartisan outrage—or even impeachment. But Trump’s base, particularly evangelicals, responded with unwavering loyalty. No rebuke. No outrage.
(Black Star News 6/1/25) READ MORE>>>>>
As America tiptoes toward authoritarianism cloaked in Christian symbolism, an uncomfortable truth has surfaced: a significant portion of white evangelical Christians has abandoned both traditional theology and constitutional values in exchange for a political messiah—Donald J. Trump. Yes, there are evangelicals of all colors and tax brackets, yet over 80% of them are Caucasian, Anglo-Saxon, or European Americans. Their unyielding allegiance, often immune to truth or ethics, has birthed not just a religious crisis but a constitutional reckoning. In early 2025, during a nationally televised town hall, Trump refused to commit to upholding the U.S. Constitution. When asked whether he would abide by its principles if re-elected, he said bluntly: “I don’t know.” For any other elected official, such a response might trigger bipartisan outrage—or even impeachment. But Trump’s base, particularly evangelicals, responded with unwavering loyalty. No rebuke. No outrage.
(Black Star News 6/1/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Benue Christian group flays foreign interference in Nigeria’s affairs, calls for national unity
A Christian advocacy group based in Benue State has raised concerns over what it perceives as growing foreign involvement in Nigeria’s internal affairs, warning that such meddling—alongside domestic political opportunism—could threaten the country’s unity and sovereignty. The Concerned Christians of Benue State (CCBS), in a statement signed by its chairman, Matthew Samuel, expressed alarm over what it described as calculated efforts by international actors, in collaboration with some local figures, to exploit Nigeria’s ethnic and religious divides—particularly in the northern region. “Nigeria is once again at the crossroads of faith, patriotism, and the quest for peace,” the statement read. (The Authority 6/1/25) READ MORE>>>>>
A Christian advocacy group based in Benue State has raised concerns over what it perceives as growing foreign involvement in Nigeria’s internal affairs, warning that such meddling—alongside domestic political opportunism—could threaten the country’s unity and sovereignty. The Concerned Christians of Benue State (CCBS), in a statement signed by its chairman, Matthew Samuel, expressed alarm over what it described as calculated efforts by international actors, in collaboration with some local figures, to exploit Nigeria’s ethnic and religious divides—particularly in the northern region. “Nigeria is once again at the crossroads of faith, patriotism, and the quest for peace,” the statement read. (The Authority 6/1/25) READ MORE>>>>>
May 30, 2025:
With New Campus, Pastor Doug Wilson’s Christian Valhalla Grows in Idaho
On 30 acres at the edge of Moscow, Idaho, construction crews are erecting a Jeffersonian set of classical buildings arranged around a central quad, resembling a miniature University of Virginia. But this isn’t a public university. It’s the new campus for Logos School, part of the influential pastor Doug Wilson’s decadeslong effort to transform this college town into a conservative Christian redoubt. (Julie Roys 5/30/25)READMORE>>>>>
On 30 acres at the edge of Moscow, Idaho, construction crews are erecting a Jeffersonian set of classical buildings arranged around a central quad, resembling a miniature University of Virginia. But this isn’t a public university. It’s the new campus for Logos School, part of the influential pastor Doug Wilson’s decadeslong effort to transform this college town into a conservative Christian redoubt. (Julie Roys 5/30/25)READMORE>>>>>
From the "Something you don't hear from the American GOP Anymore File":
Christian professionals urge parliament to follow law on budget-making
The Kenya Christian Professionals Forum (KCPF) has called on Parliament and the National Treasury to comply strictly with the Constitution and public finance laws in the ongoing 2025/2026 national budget-making process. KCPF has raised alarm over multiple legal violations, including unlawful borrowing, inflation of revenue estimates, flawed public participation, and a fundamental misapplication of budget instruments. Speaking during a media briefing under the Governance Accountability Program (GAP), KCPF emphasized that the Finance Bill is not the lawful basis for public participation in the national budget process. Instead, Articles 220(1) and 221 of the Constitution require that public engagement be based on the revenue and expenditure estimates laid before Parliament – an obligation the Treasury and Parliament have failed to meet.
(Kenya Broadcasting Co 5/30/25)READMORE>>>>>
Christian professionals urge parliament to follow law on budget-making
The Kenya Christian Professionals Forum (KCPF) has called on Parliament and the National Treasury to comply strictly with the Constitution and public finance laws in the ongoing 2025/2026 national budget-making process. KCPF has raised alarm over multiple legal violations, including unlawful borrowing, inflation of revenue estimates, flawed public participation, and a fundamental misapplication of budget instruments. Speaking during a media briefing under the Governance Accountability Program (GAP), KCPF emphasized that the Finance Bill is not the lawful basis for public participation in the national budget process. Instead, Articles 220(1) and 221 of the Constitution require that public engagement be based on the revenue and expenditure estimates laid before Parliament – an obligation the Treasury and Parliament have failed to meet.
(Kenya Broadcasting Co 5/30/25)READMORE>>>>>
“Humanity’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but humanity’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” -20th century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr
“Pure democracy cannot subsist long nor be carried far into the departments of state—it is very subject to caprice and the madness of popular rage.” -Declaration signer John Witherspoon
“Pure democracy cannot subsist long nor be carried far into the departments of state—it is very subject to caprice and the madness of popular rage.” -Declaration signer John Witherspoon